Payroll Team Manager

Job Title: Payroll Team Manager

Location: Preston - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this role.

Salary: £47,000 - £50,000 depending on skills and experience

What you'll be doing:

• Identify and manage the team performance measures, ensuring all Payrolls are delivered accurately and on time. To include the use of data analytics to prove the overall quality of the service
• Promote a lead a Continuous improvement culture, ensuring the team are ready to accept new improvement initiatives
• Effective Line Management of Payroll Advisors/Administrators, working closely with to develop, train and motivate
• Monitor the accuracy & quality at all stages of the payroll processing cycle, ensuring statutory & company policy compliance
• Responsible for providing and maintaining regular data on the team to measure team productivity and individuals' performance
• Provide SME expertise into complex query management processes in line with SLA's
• Support in compliance reviews across payroll processes to ensure quality standards and best practice exist and are embedded across the team

Your skills and experiences:

Essential:

• Extensive Operational Payroll Experience ideally in a Shared Service environment
• Experienced People Manager/Excellent Leadership Skills ideally within a large team
• In depth payroll legislation knowledge, including appreciation for future changes and impact on payroll function. Resource Link system knowledge or similar
• Experience with working in an ever changing, complex payroll environment

Desirable:

• CIPP qualified advantageous

The Payroll Team:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the large UK Payroll Team based at Preston. As Payroll Team Manager you will look after all sectors within BAE. This is a broad role with lots of variety. You will have an opportunity to influence change in a complex payroll environment with lots of challenges. This is a fantastic opportunity to build on existing skill sets and to work across a variety of key stakeholders at all levels within BAE.

Why BAE Systems?

This is a place where you'll be able to make a real difference. You'll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you'll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our industry, including women, ethnic minorities, people with disabilities and LGBTQ+ individuals. We also want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Please be aware that many roles working for BAE Systems will be subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors including your nationality, any previous nationalities you have held, and your place of birth may limit those roles you can perform for the organisation.

Closing Date: 8^th July 2024

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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